Background

During the COLD Meeting at SFSU in April of 2016, COLD approved 7 Resource Sharing Recommendations proposed by CRSP (Committee on Resource Sharing and Preservation). One of these recommendations was to "establish a governance unit within COLD to advise the CO on resource-sharing practices, policies, and procedures, and serve as a voice for the CSU libraries on issues related to resource sharing."

In July of 2016, CRSP proposed an initial charge and membership list for the task force, which was approved by COLD on July 15, 2016.

Charge

The Governance Task force will recommend a system of governance for sharing materials and supplying services, and for standardizing and formalizing policies, procedures, and service levels, and mechanisms for recommending changes to shared policies, to enable CSU libraries to operate as a system while supporting and representing individual members.

Membership

• Lina Carro (Humboldt)

• Julie Kowalewski-Ward (San Jose) liaison to Access

• Gretchen Higginbottom (Fresno)

• Christopher Lee (San Luis Obispo)

• Jesica Brubaker (San Diego)

• Karen G. Schneider, Dean of Sonoma State, COLD Liaison